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Re: (setup.ini) autoconf requires Perl?
Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@yahoo.com> writes:
> --- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
> > If you are worried about name clashes, you're better off moving the
> > ActivePerl directory to the front of your path (in /etc/profile,
> > for
> > example).
>
> That won't work, because then autoconf/automake will stop working
> properly, as they expect a perl which interprets POSIX naming and
> path conventions.
I believe the autoconf/automake scripts use "#!/usr/bin/perl" to
invoke Perl, so it should work fine.
- Pat
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